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Issuing a BBI control command

BBI control commands can be issued from:

  • Terminal session
  • Operator console
  • The PASJRNL view
  • BMC AMI Ops Automation EXEC

Where a BBI control command is issued determines which BBI-SS PAS the command operates against, and how the command is entered:

Terminal session

If the command is issued from a terminal session, it operates against the BBI-SS PAS that is identified in the TGT field, or against the BBI-SS PAS for the target that is identified in the TGT field. The target BBI-SS PAS can be either local or remote.

From a terminal session, the BBI control command must be prefixed with a period (.) to prevent conflicts with local application commands.

Operator console

If the command is issued from an operator console, it operates against the BBI-SS PAS that is assigned to the local target environment.

From an operator console, use one of the following:

  • MODIFY (F) command
  • subsystem command recognition character that is specified in BBPARM member BBISSP00
  • MVS command prefix that is specified using the CMDPREF parameter in BBISSP00

Note

For more information about BMC AMI Ops Automation EXECs, see the Using advanced automation with BMC AMI Ops Automation.

To issue a BBI control command

  • From a terminal session, use the COMMAND line of any full-screen application display panel and prefix the command with a period, as shown in the following example:

    .LINK,SSB2
  • From an operator console, use the MODIFY (F) command, the subsystem command recognition character, or the command prefix.

    • An example of an BBI control command with the MODIFY (F) command is as follows:

      F SSA1,D ACTIVE

      where

      • SSA1 is the BBI-SS PAS job name or started task ID.
      • D is the BBI control command (DISPLAY).
      • ACTIVE is a parameter of the DISPLAY command.

    • An example of the same BBI control command with the subsystem command recognition character is as follows:

      :D ACTIVE

      The subsystem command recognition character is defined with the CMDCHAR parameter in BBPARM member BBISSP00. If no character is specified (the default), the subsystem command recognition character cannot be used to issue BBI control commands.

      The command is processed by each BBI-SS PAS that has a matching subsystem command recognition character specified in its associated BBISSP00 member.

      Note

      Be sure that the subsystem command recognition character that you specify in BBISSP00 does not conflict with subsystem command recognition characters that are defined for other subsystems, such as JES.

    • Examples of the same BBI control command using the MVS command prefix (for example CMDPREF=ABCD?) are as follows:

      ABCD?D ACTIVE
      ABCD? D ACTIVE

      The example MVS command prefix ABCD? is defined using the parameter CMDPREF in BBISSP00. This prefix must be unique within the MVS LPAR and must not be a subset or superset of any pre-existing MVS command prefixes or subsystem command characters.

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